Mammoth Lakes Product Liability Attorneys

Compensation Awards in California

These days, most items on the local store shelves have been tested for almost any kind of situation. However, occasionally a product in Mammoth Lakes is defective. If you or a loved one has been harmed by such a product, you could have a lawsuit that utilizes the laws of Product Liability.

Laws of Product Liability in California

There are 3 basic classes of product defects in California.

First, there are manufacturing defects. These are defects that happen when a product is soundly designed, but some error in its manufacturing caused it to be defective. For instance, the design of a chair might call for a particular type of wood to be used in the legs. If another, more brittle type, were used instead, this would be a manufacturing defect.

The second class of defects are categorized as design defects. These happen when the manufacturer built the item to the precise specifications, but the design was fault. As an example, if a coffee mug is too thin and a hot beverage cracks the mug and cuts you, this would be a design defect.

Lastly, warning defects are defects that result from a lack of instruction or warning about the product. If, for instance, a travel coffee mug must be secured with a plastic band before it is safe to use, and the directions do not state so, then this could be a warning defect.